Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations
A philosopher takes a second look at sayings, proverbs, and bits of homespun wisdom: Every society needs its guardian of good sense: Baggini is ours.” --The Financial TimesThese short, stimulating, and entertaining capsules of philosophy delve into the familiar words that live in our consciousness yet are rarely examined. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice what you preach? Is the grass always in fact greener on the other side of the fence, and is there ever smoke without fire? Is beauty always in the eye of the beholder and is it actually better to be safe than sorry?From the popular author of The Pig That Wants t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-58243-604-3
- EAN: 9781582436043
- Produktnummer: 6561969
- Verlag: Counterpoint Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 223 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.8 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
Über den Autor
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think You Think? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About? - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten.
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